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[GROW] Re: A well-known DOWNGRADE BGP Community

Job Snijders <job@bsd.nl> Wed, 05 August 2026 17:31 UTC

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Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:31:20 +0000
From: Job Snijders <job@bsd.nl>
To: Bryton Herdes <bryton=40cloudflare.com@dmarc.ietf.org>
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On Wed, Aug 05, 2026 at 06:05:40PM +0100, Bryton Herdes wrote:
> Is the second instance of "BLACKHOLE" meant to be "DOWNGRADE" here in
> section 3.4?
>
> "Similar to how IX RS ought to pass through the BLACKHOLE community (see
> Section 3.3), the global Internet routing system as a whole likely benefits
> from downgrading close to the traffic source. Operators SHOULD NOT remove
> the BLACKHOLE community from route announcements."

Ah yes, thanks, I crossed some wires there. :-)

Fixed through https://github.com/job/draft-downgrade-bgp-community/commit/325e5bf6a973cbe9d5a39513f60396842218533c

Kind regards,

Job

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